The Crosstown Showdown has been going on for years in Ohio. And small classics have cropped up from time to time around Ohio. WTOV-9 has sponsored some type of double-header in Steubenville or Wintersville (and Wheeling, WV) for quite some time.

But, there's also some impressive schedules out for out-of-state kickoff classics.

The first is Week 0 in Georgia for the 25th Corky Kell Classic.

It starts with 2 games on Thursday at Mercer University in Macon, 2 games on Friday at McEachern HS, and then 5 games at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Saturday.

AUSTIN - All University Interscholastic League football state championship games will be played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington for the next two years, the UIL announced Thursday.

The 11-man and six-man football championship games will be played at AT&T Stadium, with a new schedule placing all 12 games in a four-day span. The games will take place December 14-17, 2016.

"The UIL Football State Championships will be bigger and better than ever this year at AT&T Stadium, with all 12 games in the same week in one location," said UIL Executive Director Dr. Charles Breithaupt. "The UIL is excited to showcase the best high school football in Texas at AT&T Stadium during the football finals for an outstanding championship experience."

The UIL has determined the site of the largest conference state championships since 2006, and all conferences have played at predetermined locations since 2010. AT&T Stadium hosted all 11-man championship games from 2011-2014.

"For more than four decades the Dallas Cowboys have enjoyed a wonderful relationship with the UIL and high school football teams all over the state of Texas," said Cowboys Chief Operating Officer Stephen Jones. "We are proud to have the games coming back to the city of Arlington and AT&T Stadium, where many more memories will be made."

St John Bosco arrived in Cincinnati early this morning for a Saturday evening game. Does anyone else think that is a bit early to arrive for a high school football game? The Pros don't arrive in a city that early.

Nope, I think if they are going to travel it should be treated as cultural/educational experience plus have a little fun. These are student athletes, not pros doing a job. I'm sure there's plenty to keep them occupied for a couple of days in addition to getting some practice in.

There really was no reason to build a new $1.5 billion stadium, other than massive egos and gullibility on the part of the political leaders in Atlanta. However, in fairness, at least Arthur Blank is picking up most of the costs of the new stadium. So, that's better than a lot of the really bad stadium deals around the country.

Of the two stadiums in the Atlanta area, the domed multi-use stadium downtown at least 'makes sense' as an asset to the community. Building the new SunTrust Park in the northern suburbs is a boondoggle, and will be a traffic nightmare, to boot.

Of the two stadiums in the Atlanta area, the domed multi-use stadium downtown at least 'makes sense' as an asset to the community. Building the new SunTrust Park in the northern suburbs is a boondoggle, and will be a traffic nightmare, to boot.

While I think building a new baseball stadium was also completely unnecessary, I differ with you on one thing.

If you're going to build an unnecessary stadium, it's at least better to put it somewhere completely different than right next to the completely serviceable one that already exists. At least the change in geography gives you the somewhat plausible excuse that it was to better serve the fan base where it lives.

The really bad part of the Braves stadium deal is that the taxpayers are picking up more than half of its cost. So, at least Arthur Blank can say he didn't soak the taxpayers like the Braves did.

The problem with SunTrust is it's right next to the bottleneck where I-75 and I-285 beltway meet north of the city. They're doing work to fix it, but they just sunk a major stadium right next to it. Mass transit doesn't reach it. And, unlike the move over the past few decades to build stadiums near the city center instead of far out in the suburbs (think Silverdome --> Ford Field).